{"id":15861,"date":"2012-12-09T02:11:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T09:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=15861"},"modified":"2012-12-09T02:11:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T09:11:43","slug":"specialized-business-ms-degrees-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/specialized-business-ms-degrees-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized Business MS Degrees on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/highrise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15862\" title=\"Increase in Specialized Business MS Degrees\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/highrise.png\" alt=\"Increase in Specialized Business MS Degrees\" width=\"102\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2012-11-21\/the-booming-market-for-specialized-masters-degrees\"><em>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> article<\/a> talks about the increase in Master\u2019s programs in specialized business fields. With Maryland\u2019s Smith School of Business as a pioneer (about to open its fifth specialized MS program in 20013), other b-schools are quickly following suit and \u201criding on the wave of interest\u201d in one-year business MS programs. In fact, Michigan\u2019s Broad School is working on its seventh MS program, and Rochester\u2019s Simon School of Business has about a dozen MS programs\u2026with more in the works!<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are MS programs in finance, supply chain management, management, accounting, marketing analytics, and others.<\/p>\n<p>The boom in interest for Master\u2019s programs accompanies a decline in interest in traditional MBA programs (see \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2012\/09\/24\/2012-application-trends-mba-management-programs\/\">2012 Application Trends: MBA &amp; Management Programs<\/a>\u201d). 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Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2012\/12\/06\/specialized-business-ms-degrees-on-the-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bloomberg Businessweek article talks about the increase in Master\u2019s programs in specialized business fields. 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